The Splat Maneuver is a new weapon wielded in both hands. If you press the B button while firing ink you can Slide in the direction that you're moving the control stick! You may chain up to two slides.

Splatoon 2 will launch for Switch in North America, Europe, and Japan on July 21, Nintendo announced.

The multiplayer third-person shooter will launch alongside three new Amiibo figures—the Inkling Girl, Inkling Boy and Inkling Squid—which will grant special limited gear in game. By tapping these Amiibo (as well as previously released Splatoon series Amiibo) to the Switch, the figure’s character will appear in the game and befriend players. Befriend an Amiibo character and it will remember favorite weapons, gear, outfits and option settings.

Nintendo also shared details on “Salmon Run,” a new four-player co-op mode:

Salmon Run, a new four-player co-op mode, is coming to the Splatoon 2 game. By teaming up with friends, players can take a part-time job battling the new Salmonid species, which the Squid Research Lab reports might even be more lethal than the Octarians! When players fall in co-op mode, teammates can revive them by inking them on the battlefield.

Watch a new overview video below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.

At the end of the Nintendo Direct presentation, a new trailer for Splatoon 2 debuted, showing off the game’s single-player mode. In a shocking twist, Callie – of Squid Sisters fame – has gone missing and her right-tentacle squid Marie tasks the player to search for Callie and the Great Zapfish. Players can use different weapons in single-player mode to overcome obstacles, defeat enemies and take down towering bosses – weapons like the Roller, Slosher, Splatling or the new Dualies. The single-player mode is designed to teach players tips and tricks that they can then use in multiplayer. For more on the Squid Sisters, check out the Squid Sisters Stories here.